This Day In Music - August 5

This Day In Music – 5 August

1940 - Singer/actress Damita Jo is born in Austin, Texas. Had the 1960

No.9 hit with "I’ll Save The Last Dance For You" as well as the 1963 No.23, ‘Love Is A Ball’. Also had two top fifty hits in 1961 - https://youtu.be/R1bpKmy-HvA .

1942 - Rick Huxley born in Dartford, Kent, England. Guitarist from English pop rock band, Dave Clark Five, who scored the 1964 UK No.1 single 'Glad All Over' ( No.3 ), the 1964 No.2 ‘Bits And Pieces’, and the 1964 No.7 single 'Can’t You See That She’s Mine’, plus over 15 other hit singles. He died on 11 February 2013 aged 72 - https://youtu.be/XoRLIJJSG4o .

1943 - Country music singer/songwriter Sammi Smith is born Jewel Faye Smith in Orange County, California. Has two Top 10 hits in AU, 1971’s No.10 ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night and 1972’s No.2, ‘I’ve Got To Have You’. References suggest Sammi is a direct descendant of Cochise, the Apache Chief - https://youtu.be/cXeG80KkZHU .

1947 - - Born Gary Stephen Anderson, Angry Anderson was born on the 5th of August 1947 in Melbourne, Vic. From 1971 to 1973, Anderson led the rock group Peace Power and Purity and came to wider public notice as the lead vocalist with Buster Brown. He fronted the hard rock and blues rock band from its foundation in 1973, the original line-up included Phil Rudd on drums, who left in 1974 to join AC/DC. In 1975, Buster Brown released an album, Something to Say, on Mushroom Records/Festival Records before disbanding in November that year. In 1976 in Sydney, Rose Tattoo was formed by Peter Wells of the heavy metal band Buffalo. Anderson had relocated to Sydney and replaced the group's original singer Tony Lake. Their most popular single on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart was "Bad Boy for Love" from 1977, which peaked at No.19 - https://youtu.be/FTXvcF93qk0 .

1947 - Guitarist/vocalist Rick Derringer (born Ricky Dean Zehringer, of the Edgar Winter Group and The McCoys) is born in Fort Recovery, Ohio. Best known for 1965’s No.8, ‘Hang On Sloopy’ & Edgar Winter Group’s 1973 US No.1 & / UK No.18 single 'Frankenstein' - https://youtu.be/N0D2OcUO9e0 .

1947 - Gregory Leskiw born. Guitarist from Canadian rock band Guess Who who had the 1970 US No.1, UK No.19 & No.33 single 'American Woman'. Leskiw operated Vox Pop Studios in Fort Garry, a popular recording studio for local Winnipeg Groups such as Crash Test Dummies - https://youtu.be/9uf6EY2BZBw .

1951- - Cheryl Lau Sang, known professionally as Samantha Sang, is an Australian singer born in Melbourne, Victoria. She had an earlier career as a teenage singer under the stage name Cheryl Gray, before adopting the stage name she is more widely known as in 1969. She first received nationwide recognition in Australia in 1967, after releasing the top ten single "You Made Me What I Am". By 1969, Sang had relocated to the United Kingdom, where she worked with the Bee Gees, before returning to Australia in 1975. She reconnected with the Bee Gees in 1977 and had an international hit with their song "Emotion", peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, no.2 in and number eleven in the United Kingdom. The single's parent album, Emotion (1978), reached the top thirty on Billboard 200 and included two other singles. - https://youtu.be/zPwpVJ-eIgg .

1955 - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda born. Guitarist with Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry'). Better known in for the 1984 No.2 single, ‘We’re Not Gonna To Take It’ - https://youtu.be/ZqOp76R12DM .

1956 - Doris Day was at No.1 on the UK & singles chart with 'Whatever Will Be Will Be', the singer actress' third No.1 single. The Oscar-winning song was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film, The Man Who Knew Too Much, with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles - https://youtu.be/xZbKHDPPrrc .

1957 - American Bandstand goes national when it airs for the first time on ABC. The show will run for five years on the Philadelphia TV station WFIL as Bandstand. Hosted by Dick Clark throughout its national run, the show remains on network TV until 1987. The first song the kids dance to this day is "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly.

1959 - Singer/songwriter Pete Burns (of Dead Or Alive) is born in Port Sunlight, Bebington, Cheshire, England. Best known in for their 1985 No.4 ‘You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’, but had 5 other Top 40 hits, including a second release of ‘You Spin Me Round’ in 1996. He died on 23 Oct. 2016 following a sudden cardiac arrest - https://youtu.be/PGNiXGX2nLU .

1959 - Grammy winning an American guitarist Pat Smear is born Georg Albert Ruthenberg in Los Angeles, California. A founding member of the influential punk band the Germs and was the guitarist for Nirvana from 1993 to 1994. He joined Foo Fighters in 1997.

1960 - Stuart Croxford, from Kajagoogoo (1983 No.10 single 'Too Shy') born. Formed in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in 1978, the band were originally known as Art Nouveau, a four-piece avant-garde group, with Nick Beggs on bass guitar, Steve Askew on lead guitar, Stuart Croxford Neale on keyboards, Jez Strode on drums. In 1981, Art Noveau advertised for a new lead singer. They ultimately auditioned and chose Christopher Hamill, who then went under the stage name Limahl (an anagram of his surname). The group renamed themselves Kajagoogoo, a name coined phonetically from the first sounds that many infants make - https://youtu.be/rkpG4XApJ28 .

1962 - Marilyn Monroe dies of a barbiturate overdose at age 36 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Musically, she's known for an iconic performance of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" - https://youtu.be/knLd8bfeWtI .

1963 - Mike Nocito born. Guitarist, from British band Johnny Hates Jazz who had the 1987 UK No.5 single and international success with 'Shattered Dreams' ( No.18 ) - https://youtu.be/f3YwemoKWWI .

1964 - MCA (Adam Yauch) of The Beastie Boys who had the 1987 US No.7 & UK No.11 single 'You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party', 1987 US No.1 and UK No.7 album 'Licence To Ill', plus 3 other US No.1 albums) born in Brooklyn, New York. He died on 4th May 2012. The best performance in was the 1998 No.24, ‘Intergalactic’ (followed by 1999’s No.31 ‘Body Movin’ and 2004’s No.40, ‘Ch-Check It Out’) - https://youtu.be/qORYO0atB6g .

1965 - The Beatles were at No.1 on the & UK singles chart with 'Help!' the group's eighth consecutive UK No.1 single. John Lennon later stated he wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress after the Beatles' quick rise to success. "I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for 'Help'" - https://youtu.be/CTsB-llTzyc .

1966 - The Beatles Revolver was released in the UK. The bands seventh album featured: 'Taxman', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'I'm Only Sleeping', 'Here, There and Everywhere', 'She Said She Said', 'And Your Bird Can Sing' and 'Tomorrow Never Knows' - https://youtu.be/twFbweJfUUo .

1975 - The first all-female hard-rock band is formed when producer Kim Fowley puts together The Runaways, featuring Joan Jett, future Bangle Michael Steele, and Lita Ford. The Runaways are initially a trio, later joined by vocalist Cherie Curry - subject of their song "Cherry Bomb" - and lead guitarist Lita Ford. Steele is fired and replaced by Jackie Fox. In 1976 the band release their self-titled debut album and embark on a worldwide tour that sees them at the heart of the punk scene alongside acts like the Ramones, Generation X and The Sex Pistols. By the Fall of 1977, tensions have reached a breaking point between the egos of Ford and Currie, and the singer acrimoniously leaves to forge a solo career with her twin sister Marie - Jett takes over vocal duties. Fowley finds himself sacked, to be replaced by Toby Mamis, but by 1979 the band have burned out and the members go their separate ways. Fowley retains the rights to The Runaways' name and in 1984, he attempts another - unsuccessful - iteration of the band based around teenage New Zealand singer Gayle Welch - https://youtu.be/_EBvXpjudf8 .

1975 - Stevie Wonder signs the largest contract for a single artist in history: $13 million over seven years for seven albums with Tamla/Motown.

1975 - Dan Hipgrave born. Singer from British alternative rock band, Toploader who had the 2000 UK No.7 & No.14 single with of 'Dancing In The Moonlight' a cover of the French American rock group King Harvest - https://youtu.be/0yBnIUX0QAE .

1976 - At a show in Birmingham, England, an inebriated Eric Clapton speaks out in favour of the right-wing National Front, repeating their slogan, "Keep Britain white," and adding, "I used to be into dope, now I'm into racism." Clarifying his statements years later, Clapton says, "I made some fairly racial comments, but they weren't directed at any particular minority. It was a feeling of loss of identity and losing my Englishness."

1978 - "Substitute," a cover of a Righteous Brothers song recorded by an all-girl South African group called Clout, becomes a surprise hit, reaching #2 in the UK and No.3 in . Just one problem: they didn't play on the song, a male group called Circus did. In contrast, An girl group, Peaches, also took the song to No.3 here - https://youtu.be/aSaroSmyN2s .

1978 - The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Miss You' the group's eighth US No.1. The song was written by Mick Jagger after jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for forthcoming club dates the Stones were playing. It peaks at No.11 in - https://youtu.be/hic-dnps6MU .

1979 - Def Leppard signed to Phonogram records with an advance of £120,000 pounds ($180,000) giving them a 10% royalty on 100% of sales for the first two years.

1980 - The Osmonds officially disband.

1980 - Pat Benatar releases her second album, Crimes Of Passion. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" is the big hit, but her Young Rascals cover "You Better Run" gets a music video that becomes the second one aired on MTV (after "Video Killed The Radio Star") when the network launches a year later - https://youtu.be/aU5aDqLUvug .

1986 - Culture Club keyboard player Michael Rudetsky was found dead at Boy George's London home in Hampstead - https://youtu.be/2nXGPZaTKik .

1989 - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers had their first of three UK No.1's with 'Swing The Mood', which peaked at No.2 in . Produced by the father and son DJ team of Andy and John Pickles, Swing the Mood fused several early rock and roll records with liberal use of Glenn Miller's 'In The Mood' - https://youtu.be/ygIcyOSITgo .

1992 - Jeff Porcaro drummer from Toto died age 38 from a heart attack. His death has been the subject of controversy: some say the attack was caused by an allergic reaction to garden pesticide, while others say Porcaro's heart was weakened by smoking and cocaine use. Porcaro also worked with many other acts including Sonny and Cher, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, Paul Simon and Boz Scaggs - https://youtu.be/qmOLtTGvsbM .

1993 - Bassist Randy Hobbs (of The McCoys, Edgar Winter Group, and Montrose) dies of heart failure at age 45 in Dayton, Ohio. Best known for 1965’s No.8, ‘Hang On Sloopy’ & Edgar Winter Group’s 1973 US No.1 & / UK No.18 single 'Frankenstein' - https://youtu.be/RSLP1FCREBA .

1995 - Take That played the first of ten sold out nights at The Nynex Arena, Manchester, (the shows were without Robbie Williams who had quit the group on 17th July 1995). The group were also at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Never Forget', their 7th UK No.1 and last with Robbie Williams (it peaked at No.18 in ) - https://youtu.be/yoO_1FFr56k .

1999 - Music written by Johann Sebastian Bach was found in the Ukraine. The music was thought to have been destroyed over 50 years ago during World War II. The material was found in the musical estate of Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach, who was one of J.S. Bach's children.

2005 - Bob Dylan's song 'Like a Rolling Stone' topped a poll of rock and film stars to find the music, movies, TV shows and books that changed the world. The 1965 single beat Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' into second place in a survey for Uncut magazine. Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Robert Downey Jr, Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Lou Reed were among those who gave their opinions - https://youtu.be/IwOfCgkyEj0 .

2008 - - Australian Country and Western legend, Reg Lindsay OAM was born on the 7th of July 1929 and died of pneumonia on the 5th of August 2008 aged 79. He won three Golden Guitar Awards and wrote more than 500 songs in his 50-year music career. Lindsay recorded over 65 albums and 250 singles. Reg made his first trip to Nashville in 1968 and recorded his first Nashville EP on this historic trip. His most popular cross-over hit was a cover version, "Armstrong" (March 1971), which reached No. 6 on the AU Go-Set National Top 60. It was written and originally performed by the American folk musician John Stewart as a tribute to Neil Armstrong's lunar landing in 1969 - https://youtu.be/5NQwGkvWiJw .

2009 - Steven Tyler of Aerosmith falls off the stage at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, suffering injuries to his head and neck, which force the rest of the band's tour to be cancelled. Tyler falls when he is entertaining the crowd with a dance while a technical problem is being sorted.

2021 - - Brian Henderson (born 15 September 1931 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand) passes. Notwithstanding his presence as the premier news anchor for over 35-years on Channel TCN-9 in Sydney, Brian Henderson was also the face of TV's iconic Australian Rock & Roll's representation to us as family entertainment, Bandstand. It first went to air in November 1958, three months ahead of Six O'Clock Rock's debut. Whilst Henderson couldn't sing, dance or play an instrument, he became a significant intermediary between the television viewing public and the world of pop music. It ended in 1972, having survived 14-years without scandal or eruptions of temperament, however, escalating budget costs became too high, and the show was axed. Only Bandstand survived long enough to grow up with its public; this is the true legacy of Brian Henderson - RIP - https://youtu.be/aDsrbANJta8 .